#8B5BC7#8B5BC7

#8B5BC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.164 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B5BC7
RGB	rgb(139, 91, 199)
HSL	hsl(267, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 54.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 41.56, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 64.45, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.0868 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.164 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.6950, 17.0946, 56.0203)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B5BC7 #97C75B

analogous

#5B61C7 #8B5BC7 #C15BC7

triadic

#8B5BC7 #C78B5B #5BC78B

tetradic

#8B5BC7 #C75B61 #97C75B #5BC7C1

square

#8B5BC7 #C75B61 #97C75B #5BC7C1

split-complementary

#8B5BC7 #C7C15B #61C75B

monochromatic

#4F2B7D #6C3AAB #8B5BC7 #AB89D7 #CCB6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8B5BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8B5BC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B5BC7

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B5BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B5BC7	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3272CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4272C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b5bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 91, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.164 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08bd8',
    500: '#8b5bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b5bc7;
$custom-light: #b08bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b5bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5724,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.17095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B5BC7

secondary

#C1D5A9

accent

#D94F9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B5BC7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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